Bhubaneswar: Senior IFS officer Sisir Kumar Ratho has been appointed as the Chairman of the Odisha State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA, Odisha) by Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change, Government of India on the recommendations of the State Government.
The gazette notification in this regard has been issued on 19th September 2022 for a term of three years.
Ratho has recently superannuated as Principal Chief Conservator of Forests & Head of Forest Force, Odisha on 30th June 2022.
A civil engineer from NIT, Rourkela Ratho joined IFS in 1987 and worked in various capacities in the State of Odisha and Central Government as well as in the Constitutional Body like National Commission for Scheduled Tribe (NCST) and Statutory Authority like National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) in New Delhi.
He has wide experience of working in other cross-cutting sectors like sports infrastructure, rural and urban housing, urban transport, drinking water supply, sewerage, drainage, solid waste management, municipal administration, river rejuvenation, bio-diversity conservation, water pollution abatement measures, tribal welfare and youth affairs.
Ratho has co-authored a book “Agro Forestry Manual for Asia Pacific Region” published by United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) Secretariat, Bonn (Germany) in 2004. He also published a book titled “Eternal Wisdom of the Tribes” during the tenure as Joint Secretary in National Commission for Schedule Tribes, New Delhi in 2018.
With his vast experience in environment & forest sector at State and Central level it is hoped that Ratho will bring transformation in the accordance of Environment Clearances by the SEIAA, Odisha through an objective and expeditious manner.
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